Is
our government working quietly to create the equivalent of a North
American Union – much on the lines of the European Union?

Some
charge that such a Union will eventually override our Constitutional
government, our judicial system, our economic system and even our
currency, which, some speculate, will be replaced by something called
the Amero. Can it be possible?

Others
say such charges are just another trumped up conspiracy theory of
a lunatic fringe.

I
can't possibly address every issue and describe the complete history
of the situation in our short time together, but I can go over the
highlights and give you an idea as to why many of us are greatly concerned
and in fact believe we are entering the fight of our lives.

Here's
a quick run down.

On
March 23, 2005 President Bush met with Mexican President Vicente Fox
and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in what was officially described
as a "Summit." The three leaders then announced the signing of an
agreement to create common policies concerning various economic and
security issues among the three nations.

The
initiative is called the Security and Prosperity Partnership or the
SPP.

It's
purpose?

According
to a joint statement from the three leaders, the SPP is to "establish
a common approach to security to protect North America from external
threats, prevent and respond to threats within North America, and
further streamline the security and efficient movement of legitimate
low-risk traffic across our shared borders."

Desirable
or not, such an undertaking represents a radical change in how the
three nations interact and cooperate with each other. It is a matter
of changed foreign policy, monetary policy, and military policy.

Yet
there has been no Congressional oversight or authorization for the
undertaking. No funds appropriated.

Meanwhile,
since that Summit in 2005, at least 20 working groups have been organized
under the SPP to produce memorandums of understanding and trilateral
declarations of agreement covering nearly every issue affecting our
daily lives.

Whether
or not you accept the idea that a North American Union is being established,
clearly it must be acknowledged that a new layer of tri-national government
bureaucracy is being created.

As
you know, the major debate in the US today is over border security.
Our nation is being flooded with hordes of illegal aliens. They are
over-burdening our schools, hospitals and social services.

In
many parts of the nation, hospitals and services are being forced
to shut down, damaging the quality of life of American citizens.

On
top of the illegal alien situation, we face danger from the threat
of terrorists as Americans are forced to surrender liberty in the
name of fighting this threat.

And
there is the flood of illegal drugs pouring over the border, straight
into our kid's schools.

More
than 80% of the American people have demanded something be done to
secure the borders.

Yet,
the Administration has fought efforts to close the border. Why? It
appears obvious in light of agreements made in the creation of the
Security and Prosperity Partnership.

The
SPP calls for "harmonizing" our borders into one seamless entity called
North America.

So,
under what authority are more than 16 government agencies being organized
to create the SPP?

As
reported by Congressman Ron Paul:

According
to Administration officials, "…The SPP iis neither a treaty nor a
formal agreement. Rather it is a "dialogue" launched by the heads
of state of Canada, Mexico, and the United States… What is a dialogue?
We don't know. What we do know, however, is that Congressional oversight
of what might be one of the most significant developments in recent
history is non-existent. Congress has no role at all in this 'dialogue.'
According to the SPP, this 'dialogue' will create new supra-national
organizations to "coordinate" border security, health policy,
economic trade policy, and energy policy between the governments of
Mexico, Canada and the United States. As such it is but an extension
of NAFTA-and CAFTA-like agreements that have far less to do with the
free movement of goods and services than they do with government coordination
and management of international trade."

Congressman
Paul went on to say the SPP is "an unholy alliance of foreign consortiums
and officials from several governments."

It
is important to note that administrators of NAFTA and CAFTA are major
participants in SPP working groups. Thus the connection to these trade
agreements is obvious and substantial.

According
to Article 5.11, under the NAFTA agreement, participating nations
must reform their laws to NAFTA regulations.

The
United States Supreme Court has held that the US government cannot
hide behind a claim of federalism to avoid its "international obligations."

The
Security and Prosperity Partnership is basically NAFTA on steroids.

But
how will the Administration move forward to fully implement the SPP
without Congressional oversight?

Answer:
Fast Track.

Renewed
again in 2002, President Bush has been given by Congress the power
to freely negotiate treaties and trade agreements with foreign nations.

According
to the lobbying group, Public Citizen, the bottom line of Fast Track
is that "the White House signs and enters into trade deals before
Congress ever votes on them. Fast Track also sets the parameters for
congressional debate on any trade measure the President submits, requiring
a vote within a certain time with no amendments and only 20 hours
of debate."

Mexican
economist Miguel Picard wrote in an article published in the foreign
press detailing the "deep integration" planned for North America.
He said there will be no single treaty and nothing will be submitted
to legislatures of the three countries. Instead, he says, the plan
for a "merged future" will be implemented through the signing of regulations
not subject to citizen review.

Picard
concluded by saying the schedule calls for beginning with a customs
union, then a common market, then a monetary and economic union, and
finally the adoption of a single currency.

Who
benefits from the creation of such a union? Multinational corporations.

They
are the driving force behind its creation. They seek one currency,
one set of rules, one controlling entity -- to enable them to move
goods and services effortlessly across the border.

Above
all, they do not want the public involved in the process.

At
a September meeting in Banff, Canada, top officials from all three
nations met to outline policies within topics such as "A Vision for
North America," and "Demographic and Social Dimensions of North American
Integration."

Top
US officials, including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and
U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills were in attendance. No media
was present. No details of these top level discussions were released.

However,
the Toronto Star, on September 20th, reported, "The public has been
kept in the dark while business elite have played a lead role in designing
the blueprint for this more integrated North America."

One
participant at the Banff meeting didn't like what he was witnessing.
Mel Hurtig, a noted Canadian author said, "We're talking about such
an important thing, we're talking about the integration of Canada
into the United States. For them to hold this meeting in secret and
to make every effort to avoid anybody learning about it, right away
you've got to be hugely concerned."

The
SPP is not about free trade. Its use of public/private partnerships
creates an elite of certain, chosen global corporations which basically
become part of government at the expense of their competition and
our national independence.

One
more major example of how this works is the planned NAFTA Super Highway
or, as it is officially called, the Trans Texas Corridor.

This
massive highway would be ten lanes wide, with rail lines, utility
corridors for natural gas and oil and power lines running down the
middle.

It
is designed for containers loaded in foreign lands, such as Asia,
to arrive in Mexican ports, there to be loaded in trucks and shipped
up the NAFTA corridor through the U.S. and into Canada.

As
global corporations are now reaping the benefits of using cheap labor
in foreign lands such as China, South Korea and Indonesia, now they
want to use the NAFTA Super Corridor to reduce the transportation
costs as well.

These
corporations certainly care little about national sovereignty or security.

The
borders would be little more than speed bumps. Truck would not be
stopped and inspected. Instead, they would be simply scanned by high-tech
gamma ray screening in drive-by inspections.

Nor
do they care about private property ownership in their drive for cost
cutting.

In
Texas alone, some 584,000 acres of private land is scheduled to be
taken by eminent domain for the highway. Texas Department of Transportation
has the authority to use the "Quick Take" provision, which will allow
them to give notice to property owners that they must leave their
land in just 90 days.

Even
if the landowner disagrees on the compensation -- and appeals the
decision, they still must be off the land in 91 days.

As
part of the Corridor's public/private partnership, the Texas state
government is keeping up its end of the deal by stonewalling every
effort to obtain information as to whose property is affected. They
have operated virtually in secret.

When
news has leaked out about the NAFTA Highway, Texas officials deny
it and simply say it is just improving its state highway system.

The
Trans Texas NAFTA Corridor is not, however, an improvement project
for I-35, as the state claims.

The
NAFTA corridor will be a completely separate highway – a toll road
run by a foreign corporation. The state of Texas has signed a 50 year
lease with a Spanish company named Cintra. The company will build
the highway, run it and collect the tolls.

That
lease contains a "no compete" clause meaning that I-35 can not be
expanded nor can any other non-tolled competitive highway be improved.

Above
all, as goods are shipped into Mexican ports, use of American ports
on our East and West coasts will be drastically reduced, costing Longshoreman
jobs.

These
facts are causing great concern among U.S. labor unions. The corridor
will allow free access to the U.S. for Mexican trucks, which means
the containers can be moved through the U.S. by Mexican nationals.
In addition, the flood of Mexican trucks will not be required to meet
U.S. standards for safety.

These
are just a very few of the details concerning the SPP. We believe
it is the beginning of the creation of a North American Union much
on the lines of the European Union.

The
game plan is very much the same. The excuse for the EU was trade.
But today, according to the former president of Germany, 84% of that
nation's laws now come from the European Union.

It
begins in secrecy and slowly builds incrementally. But step by step
a structure is put into place run by communitarian law and regional
governing councils of appointed, well connected, yet unknown and unreachable
officials hiding behind public/private partnerships, not answerable
or responsive to citizens.

This
is why we fear the creation of a North American Union.

The
United States is the most unique nation on earth. We are the only
nation which was created to protect our natural rights.

The
greatness of the American system arises from the fundamental principle
that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the
governed.

That
means that public policy must be enacted only by elected representatives
of the people. This principle ensures that the people can remove and
replace policy makers who make policy with which the people disagree.

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To
harmonize this land with nations which do not share our values and
governing principles can only result in a lessoning of our liberty
and our quality of life.

To
do it in secret, refusing to allow us to engage in debate before such
massive changes take place is nothing short of treason.

The
NAFTA corridor will be a completely separate highway – a toll road run
by a foreign corporation. The state of Texas has signed a 50 year lease
with a Spanish company named Cintra. The company will build the highway,
run it and collect the tolls.